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No. A32, a specimen I85 inches long. \'oniei'ine teeth extending nearly as 

 far l)ack as maxilhxry teeth; gape about 3 in head and extending past posterior 

 hdi-der of eye; dorsal beginning about f inch in fi'ont of vent. 



No. A34, M. C. Z. 29752, a specimen 1.5 inches long. \'omerine teeth not 

 extending back quite so far as maxillary teeth; gape extending but a little 

 beyond posterior bordei' of eye, about 3 in head; dorsal beginning about u 

 inch in front of vent. 



A specimen, no tag or locality, 201 inches long. Vomerine teeth not ex- 

 tending so far back as maxillary; gape about 3 in head extending back con- 

 siderably farther than eye; dorsal begins li'g inches in front of vent. 



Jordan & Seale (Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 25, p. 192), place Anguilla aneitensis 

 Giinther (Chall. Rept. p. 58), as a synonym of .4. megastoma. We cannot see 

 upon what grounds this is done, as all that Giinther says about it is that it was 

 a malformed specimen from a river near Lake Waihirra. 



Three of our specimens come from the type locality of A. oiaheitensis and 

 they are undoubtedly that species. There is some variation in the relative 

 position of the origin of the dorsal and the relative extent of the vomerine teeth, 

 which suggests that these characters are not of much specific value. The other 

 specimen shows no tangible differences, and there is a possibility that they all 

 belong to some earlier described species. 



MYRIDAE. 



Muraenichthys macropterus Bleekek. 



Act. Sof. Sci. Imlo-Xederl., ISW, 4, |). 11, Amboina S, p. 91. Atla.'i Ichth., 18(34, 4, p. :il, tab. 1.51, 

 Mur. 7, fig. .3. 



Six specimens. No. U99G(3, 2§ to 4/6 inches long from Arhno Atoll, Marshall 

 Islands. M. C. Z. 29500 (2 specimens). 



Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker. 



Nat. Tijds. X(a1. Iiul., lS."i7, 13, p. iJOli. .\tlas Iclitli., l.S(i4, 4, p. ;il, 33, tab. 14,S, Mur. 4, fig. 3. 



Three s]:)eciinens, 2f to 3 inches long from Funafuti, Ellice Islands. AI. C. Z. 

 2959-4 (1 specimenj. 



